Reply to: I hate chelsea tractors

[Bagpuss]

Socialist inspired envy.

The middle classes drive them, ergo, they must be banned.

I personally don't aspire to a 4x4. I think they are ugly, slow, thirsty and boring (a bit like my good self).

However, the more the leftie types despise them, the more I'm warming to own a couple of real big ones!

I think you are wrong here. It's mainly the noveux riche that drive them.

[DimPrawn]

Socialist inspired envy.

The middle classes drive them, ergo, they must be banned.

I personally don't aspire to a 4x4. I think they are ugly, slow, thirsty and boring (a bit like my good self).

However, the more the leftie types despise them, the more I'm warming to own a couple of real big ones!

[Bagpuss]

Why do people have such a feeling against 4x4's? Personally I feel that you should buy whatever car you can afford and want. If its a 4x4 then so be it. Why do we not have the same feelings shown to say pickup trucks which are bigger and often, due to the tax breaks, used as a car replacement.

I have nothing against them, just the way some people seem to drive them. A fair few people think they can barge around in them and intimidate you out of the way. They are less stable than cars at speed around corners as other people have mentioned, which means they end up braking heavily.
If the driver isn't driving aggressively (which many are) no problem at all.

[BoredBloke]

Why do people have such a feeling against 4x4's? Personally I feel that you should buy whatever car you can afford and want. If its a 4x4 then so be it. Why do we not have the same feelings shown to say pickup trucks which are bigger and often, due to the tax breaks, used as a car replacement.

[Churchill]

Totally depends on the 4x4. The cheap japanese (it is a 4x4 honest guvnor) ones tend to fall over quite easily. But real 4x4's built to go off road are much more stable.

As an example take a Humvee, i'l love to see you make that fall on its side.....

Take the RR Sport as an example. Try and make that fall over!

[Ardesco]

http://www.volny.cz/hummer/images/crash/crhumvee04.jpg

In a non-military situation, e.g. driving down the motorway!!

[Paddy]

Totally depends on the 4x4. The cheap japanese (it is a 4x4 honest guvnor) ones tend to fall over quite easily. But real 4x4's built to go off road are much more stable.

As an example take a Humvee, i'l love to see you make that fall on its side.....

Humvee, ok they have a wide track. I have seen 4 x 4s such as Mercs, Volvos and BMWs rolled over on motorways.

A bint in a 4 x 4 really p*&t me off at the fuel station last week. She stopped to get her crisps and coke (no fuel) and blocked every one in. I asked if she could reverse back a bit be she replied " I can't reverse in that" The was abusive too and the other "ladies" supported her saying how can you expect her to reverse.

[PRC1964]

As an example take a Humvee, i'l love to see you make that fall on its side.....

http://www.volny.cz/hummer/images/crash/crhumvee04.jpg

[Lucifer Box]

As an example take a Humvee, i'l love to see you make that fall on its side.....

Threaded could manage it with a casual side swipe from his bicycle.

[Ardesco]

Totally depends on the 4x4. The cheap japanese (it is a 4x4 honest guvnor) ones tend to fall over quite easily. But real 4x4's built to go off road are much more stable.

As an example take a Humvee, i'l love to see you make that fall on its side.....

[Flubster]

I suppose we're not supposed to drive too?

Only on the way back from the pub so I can have a little snooze. That way, I don't care how bad you drive.

[Paddy]

Don't talk tulipe! My RR hardly leans at all, even when going through Jubilee Bends!

4 x 4s are incredibly unstable hence the high accident and insurance rates. Nearly every accident I see on the motorways is where a 4 x 4 has overturned while swerving to avoid going into the back of the vehicle in front whist tailgating.

[Churchill]

They can't go around bends as fast as cars, unless you defy the laws of physics. So 4x4 people, please get out of the outside lane and stay with the caravans please, thank you dears

There is no way that you're a woman if you understand the concept of body roll. Ever heard of adaptive suspension and anti-roll?

[Paula]

Paula can't be a bird
She knows too much about cars and hasn't mentioned colour once...

I suppose we're not supposed to drive too?

[Flubster]

They can't go around bends as fast as cars, unless you defy the laws of physics. So 4x4 people, please get out of the outside lane and stay with the caravans please, thank you dears

Paula can't be a bird
She knows too much about cars and hasn't mentioned colour once...